In the Jam Tracks section of the Guitar Alliance Member's Site
you'll find MP3 tracks that you can download and practice with. You'll
also looping tracks that play right from the web page. An example of these
looping tracks can be found in the sample lesson below:
Sample Lesson: Ballad In C
This ballad in the key of C has as C, Am, FM7, GM6, C chord progression.
For the FM7 (F major 7th) and GM6 (G major 6th) I use my thumb to play
the root notes on the low E string which enables me to play the high E
string open. Otherwise these would be just ordinary F and G chords played
using an E style barre chord pattern. With the inclusion of the open E
string the chord voicing are morphed to FM7 and GM6.
Here's the progression:
I've created 2 lead guitar parts that go over this progression . You
should spend some time to come up with your own lead parts for the progression.
I used the C pentatonic major scale to create both of my lead parts.
Both lead parts repeat the same phrases over and over. They still sound
fresh each time they are played because of the changing chord voicing
behind them.
Lead #1
This lead is compromised of one basic phrase:
It is repeated throughout the progression with slight variations:
Take a listen to the audio sample below and see if you can find where
each lead phrase is played:
Lead #2
This lead part only has 2 deferent phrases. Since all the note movements
are done with slides, you can play both phrases by using only your 1st
finger to do all of the fretting. You can do this by creating a barre
on the high E and B strings using your 1st finger on the 8th fret. All
you have to do to get the other notes is slide your finger up and down
the fretboard.
